While history does not always repeat, prudent investors should still be students of it. Please click here for a chart showing the yield curve. Please click here for an annotated chart of S&P 500 ETF (SPY) Even though many investors focus on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) it is better to use the S&P 500 or Nasdaq 100 ETF (QQQ) For the sake of transparency, this is the same chart that was previously published without any changes.

The U.S. stock market stepped back from the cliff’s edge with a key reversal Wednesday. Please click here for an annotated chart of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) For the sake of transparency, the second and third charts were previously published and no changes have been made.

As the earnings season begins, ETF investors should keep in mind that the upcoming quarterly results may come up short compared to what we have been accustomed to. If the estimate for a decline holds up, it would mark the first time the S&P 500 reported two straight quarters of year-over-year earnings declines in three years.

May's volatility due to the U.S.-China trade wars showed that it’s profitable to be a bear using inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as equity ETF outflows reached $19 billion based on a recent report by State Street Global Advisors. Inverse ETFs present the experienced investor with an alternative for gains that safe haven assets like bonds simply cannot provide. "The current economic environment presents challenges for investors trying to manage their portfolios," wrote Leks Gerlak, Investment Strategist at ProShares.

Monday’s market session saw the Nasdaq Composite enter into correction territory, which made the technology sector a punching bag for bears. Investors fretted over prolonged trade wars with China and now ...

The decade-old U.S. bull market has been threatened by renewed trade fight lately. Investors could ride out the downbeat sentiments through inverse or leveraged inverse ETFs as these products offer big gains in a short span.

The latest volatility due to the U.S.-China trade wars are showing that it’s profitable to be a bear using inverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Gains can be had for inverse ETFs of the leveraged variety, ...

After reaching a peak last week, Wall Street tumbles with the resurfacing of President Donald Trump's tariff threat. Investors seeking to capitalize the bearish market sentiments in a short span could consider any of the following inverse ETFs.

As the equity market continues to pullback and more or less erase gains for the year, concerned investors can take on some exposure to bearish or inverse ETFs to hedge against further falls. For example, the ProShares Short S&P500 (SH) takes a simple inverse or -100% daily performance of the S&P 500 index. Alternatively, for the more aggressive trader, leveraged options include the ProShares UltraShort S&P500 ETF (SDS) , which tries to reflect the -2x or -200% daily performance of the S&P 500, the Direxion Daily S&P 500 Bear 3x Shares (SPXS) , which takes the -3x or -300% daily performance of the S&P 500, and ProShares UltraPro Short S&P 500 ETF (SPXU) , which also takes the -300% daily performance of the S&P 500.